Pipe
ClassificationsTools and Equipment-smoking equipment-pipes & pipe components
Culture
Miao
Date20th Century
Made AtChina, Asia
MediumBamboo, resin and silver
Dimensions18 3/8 × 2 1/8 × 1 7/8 in. (46.7 × 5.4 × 4.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Anne and Long Shung Shih
Object number2020.14.20
DescriptionThis is a tobacco pipe from the Miao people of China. Tobacco was introduced to the Miao through trade shortly after its arrival in China in 1612. Mostly due to the environmental conditions of where the Miao live, tobacco is still traded for rather than grown by most Miao groups. Given the prevalence of bamboo in China and that it is already hollow it was a common medium for pipes. The natural qualities of bamboo helped longer pipes mellow the flavor of tobacco.On View
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1644-1912
19th to 20th Century
mid 19th - early 20th Century
mid 19th - early 20th Century
late 19th Century
1644-1912
early 19th Century